Socket-seal electric lamps, &amp;c.



No. 844,126. PATENTBD FEB. 12, 1907.

L. T. HATFIELD.

SOCKET SEAL FOR ELECTRIC LAMPS, 8w APPLIDATIQH FILED 001 A 1905 U )51.111211) 5 .A'lliliS LLEWELLYN '1. lm'rrnuin, or

SOCKET-SEAL FOP ELECTRIC LAMPS, 1&0.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LLIHYl-ILLYN T. HAT- FIELD, t], citizvn of theUnited States, residing in Saorasnontm in tho county of Sacramento andState (.1 California, haw inrontml (aormin now and useful lniprovoincntsin St clwh Seals for Electric Lumps or the Like, (1! n'hivh t ll-ll:i\\'lng is :1 Sl'fl'CllltlfLlltJl.

This iuvt'nthn rrlutos to S(I(1l tl-$t)tll5 for electric lumps or tht'lilw.

lb is grCtItl) to the :ulvuntugc to both tin? supply company and thoouusunur it no elvctric current to llttVt a llut I'ZlllL per ,lttt ltlllor per 00k. and thus an ltl the mpvnrtllitl annoy-{moo Ill motors; butouogrtrzit tllllltltll in flat rate ix that tftln (:mwuuitrs haw inoroSLUlil'lH or plows tlnui thvy 10ml or really uw. untl thvn, again,(luringt llfifitlllttlit 1 months in snno plan's {llltl inter months inothers, low, if any, is" okots are llfittl. stance, at l'ninily ill nlroquiro hull, pt l"( lt and one or two othor lights, and in llivw. insununcnlhuo, tho lighto m-u not usotl t'Xt't'pl rarolyantl then for butit short limo; but in s01l'pr .t( ctimi companies supplying iltt--tricity must ohzirgo l'ttr vory St lil'l l'or tlmri urn \tl'}'li!t1l1\']1t(i])lt\\llt| uill (:luiu: t only use u givvn numbvr, but will notmil use all, but ill use hiuhor-t'upnnit3 lilitpH than the hinp(-xinstituting tho Sltllltlill'tl ll charge, S) this situation hm'vl. lwlt has born mot; by vithor removing tho llXlHl't'B, which isolyicotiunublu and expousivv, (.i clmrgrin; hr all the St ckots Further,it is 4 lion thv (also that buildings ith a. largo number (.I' luu' pswhore nwtors mu usml and no llill ratv is in vxistrnotg that {)(Flhtllsfilt lull in llltltfit l1 1' oonfiitlorablo porilids (l' tin: tllltltl'o. utlitions that rontlt'r iL unurcossory to ll tllllltlltl anyonnsitlomble nuznbvr (l lifgltlx but through (HUtltSSHLhS,llltlIlYt'l'ltllllt, or tlosign persons in charge NHL)USO21lt'tlgtl'lltlllll)tl'(l lights than is nvcossur and by usv titsouls on all lamps not 110 bar) for tho [)(ISLHH so occupying thebuilding any uiiiiroosszu v uso can b0 provvntml by tho ounvr. 'lliietis No in large hotels, used either forsunuuoror inter, as the case maybe, and in n nny ll'lHlfiTlt'tS it istuofitablc to out out; all (it thoclm'trio current rather than take chuncos on improvidont or unnecessaryuse; but by this method the lighting appliances could be kept in goodSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 4. 1905.

Patents-1t b. it? 1907.

sum 23mm.

worl-iing (ll'tlLT it 11 ll timers innit is perfectly solo.

it i 1 tho obit-t t of m iuw tion to over 5 Hum tlutibirut i n-to lwtlltho abort nzvlluxls by {unwilling u n' nm hit-h tho Nichols notbrstwllml :igii! t Bu llszst persons having: :i that into n t ,porurilvout (,llt any nuu nw' t t hoop 1 .iy SCHSoH of lllt tll llillttlll lllit.l ill fixtures.

()lhor mitt t'urihrr ol-iwts will appear in thti i Honing ll :rititituand i l be more pui irulzulr 5 tl:tl mt in ihr appended vizuuaiinwntinu,tilt-w" nh-o pruwntirw tho inst-rti..u it tho .ib. Fig; {5 is :1 12 w nesccl ig'. T is it cltlt? View of l t n phui vie-iv; ot tho mubt (liurntshown in Fig. 7.

ttrl'v'rrii uiortpurtiruhu'l to the drawiniti and to Fiji, '1 t t, I imlv-uu'w: Lht usual sti-ulwt' for t'itt'lllt llgllitr-l or otlurrurront-t-onhunting; (lvvit't: halving: tluurinal (OnIi'M'I-S within,'lo prvvunt :u'w to those con. t; ClS, lvinplo :1 bnrrior ll" tho l t-ltll of :1 disk 2, havingtit rojvmtimi lilting within tlst :flthtl toprowut litl'll'ztl uiovvnmut of the (llHlt uutl foruit-tl by at mu lingo. (m|c:wo-(tuil rm portion lroul lbw (liuh itxoll' the renminingportion ol tlw (list-1ubuttingthv rim of the sot-hot. 'l'hownbotlinicnti ohown in Figs 1 to I, is ttitltlt of any kind of flexiblenu-tnl and has a pair of arms 3 and 4e);- tonrling from opporsiio .\i lof tho disk, the arm 3 bring provided uitli t1, perforation 5 mul thoarm 4 having :1 pair of supplemental arms 4 and 4 t-xtontliog at, rightangle thvrvto and provided with perl'oriitiomi ti. Tho main tUIIJS areadapted to bo bvnt upon the SltltH of the sovkot, and tho supplvumntalarms are brnt around tho Sutfilitt at the upper end and unsecured to themain arm 3 b means of a wire held by ii. seal ts. containing distinctivemarks, thus providimr 2L 11mins: preventing the removal ol' thelittl'llt'l except upon the destruction of the seal. bodiinent shown inFig. l is the some as that shown in Figs to 2], except that the mainfirm 4 is hil'incnted to provide two supplenientn-l fLIIilS 4 and 4".The enihodilnent shown in l-"ig. .3 is to be made oi wiper,pa nt-inntehe, or any material that will show injury or destruction bv removal.'lhe arms Ii and t will he provided with glue or oi her crown titiousmaterial 5) and are to he posted on th side of the socket to he removedhy moistening. which will expose the work.

For those who prefer to leave the humps in.

the sockets to retain the appearance of the lamp the emhodiment shown inFigs. 7 and t In this einhodinicnt the disk i1" 3 is devised. is of iisize to tit within the socket and is pio- Yided with radial slits it ande. centml p r ration 1U. ll ilendingrudit'illy from the dis 4, eachbetween a pair of slits, are \it*l|sit |)r 11. This form Inn be tundraof iucti'l stitl' enough to permit the ('XUlthIHHt-I it when the innerwall of the socket mid prevent the removal of the disk.

covered with insulating material on the t'iiee exposed to the inner contnet ot the socket. or the disk is spaced from the suid inner contact.This form may also he mode of timely pn' i miiche, or similar material,and in this case the edges of the extensions it may he onnnned to theinner wall.

The device when the metallic seal is not used should contain nn'itterindicating: the 1 months of the year, as shown in Fig. 5, filso matterindicating a number of years, and the date of sealing could be punchedby a dis tinctive punch, so that the device could not be removed andanother inserted in its place.

1 u l in Hill enibodnnents it will he seen that the only way to securecurrent from the socket lo 1 which my im'cntion has been applied is todestroy a part or the whole ot it. in this way should they be temperedwith in any manner the supply company up n inspew tion would find out.The penalty for tie struction of the device would form part of thecontract between the consumer and the com i Having thus described myinvention, it hat I claim, and desire to ecure by Letters Put eat. is lTo remove this device at hooked or pointed tool is introdured into i theperforation 10, and the device is then I owic The n l semen comp .iu rlmrrier t'oriwrd to he :ittiuahed to :i socket. to prev nt electrical]conncctit'in. with ti s i/limit nets, and it seul se uring; snirlhurries to the sock t 1;. settling: ltWii' for eiectricul sockets in i]hurrier tor-med to he nttnched to noel-mt to prevent l-ctiicitlconnection will! the s: Act-ionized... zmd destructihle I menus iciseen:in said licrrier to the socket. i, A t (i(' tor elettrieul sockets l cumn-1 'Jilr tl'ilttttl to form :1.

id to en rain: therel t' i l'r' llli li li i mill Ili pos ion ti iv-Tiltintroduction of incur; l'or eznlihslnnp electrical connection menusont-tainted to lit within and pr vent hr 'inc the conduc- ,5 :1enrrenisunning device into clectil (finite-U i th. the sothot-contacts,i ll wailing; inc-ins t securing fluid firstllilli' l Tilt s in position('llltl preventing the lt li i tl the mine except upon the desi ruriioui! i he riding inenns.

t). simlingi :via-e for electrical sockets comprising men is to fitwithin the socket to pre ent clcrtricul r-ninwtion of n rurreiit 3cannon ir-tit: wi l the soi-ketwntutu-ts. soul swurimy thefirst-initiated llt illlS in sealing: device for electrical socketscomprising menus to fit within the. socket to prevent ele tricalconnectionwith the socketlcontuc and llexihle inemhors extending ll'rolu full first-named mei'ms to hold the said l lilihtwiiflllttttlmeme-i to the socket: l s. in cotnl'ninition with an electrical socket.nouns littering said socket against the introduction ofcurrentconsumiiig means, stwiiriog means for tho herring means. and anerd to: the securing; inenris.

i}. i titiil fii d vice 'l'oi' electrical sockets (min -nu. in met-ins;preventing the insertion of n ctii'teiit-coiisuiwing: device in itsocket, and ii seal {or holdii'ig; siiid menus.

it) A. seiiliing device for electric sockets comprising it d'sk formedto it the socket, and prevent electrical connection with the contnctsthereof, and a seal for holding the 1 disk to the socket.

ll. A. device of the class described, coms4e,12e 8 prising a disk havinga projection adapted to and a seal preventing the removal of said twithin a socket and arms extending from means except upon destruction.said disk. l The foregoing specification signed at 12. A device of theclass described, com- Sacramento, California, this 25th day of 5 prisinga disk having a projection adapted to September, 190i fit within 11socket, arms cxtendinf from said 7 r T t 1 disk, and a seal secured tothe arms; LLEWELLXN HATE IELD' 13. The combination of means for pre- Inpresence ofventing a contact of an electrical lamp-plug t MAURICE E.FINN, T0 or the like engaging a contact in a socket, i DORIS M. KRUEGER.

